Dr. Antonio C. Arrieta, Pediatric Infectious Disease

As a nationally-recognized expert in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. Arrieta specializes in the treatment of serious community acquired and nosocomial infections and has added expertise in HIV medicine. His main area of research centers on investigating invasive fungal infections and new antifungal agents. He is also investigating immuno response to infections in premature infants. Dr. Arrieta is a respected physician leader and currently serves as president of the medical staff at CHOC Children’s.

A prolific author, Dr. Arrieta has written many poster presentations, articles, and book chapters. He has coauthored more than 50 poster presentations for meetings and conferences including many of the past Interscience Conferences on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Annual Meetings of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. His more than 50 articles have been featured in journals including the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, the American Journal of Surgery, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has written and edited book chapters in the Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Adolescent Medicine and Pediatric Hospital Medicine, among others.

Dedicated to clinical excellence, Dr Arrieta is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. Prior to joining CHOC Children’s, Dr. Arrieta attended medical school at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He completed his residency at Southern Illinois University and conducted his fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases at Millers Children in Long Beach and University of California, Irvine.

Recognized for his leadership and expertise, Dr. Arrieta is consistently voted as one of Orange County’s Top Doctors by the Orange County Medical Association. Dr. Arrieta is fluent in Spanish.

Podcasts

In this CHOC Radio segment, Dr. Antonio Arrieta discusses proper timing of vaccinations, dispels myths surrounding vaccinations, and details his current research at CHOC. Listen in to hear more about childhood vaccinations.

Health Topics

Symptoms of pneumonia can include fever and cough, and in the very young, those may be the only symptoms. In older children, you will notice their respiratory rates go up because they need to oxygenate their blood so they breathe more often.